Any time I go to a large city im exhausted by being charged for doing anything. How do people have fun if theyre poor(the neat part, you dont, probably). And to make it worse many of them probably have a 1 bedroom apartment so its not like you can sit in there all day long (at least i cant).
I realize im still spending money by being in my house out of town, but still, at least things I buy are owned by me, and im not paying someone else every time I want to do anything. If I want to stay at home all day I have tons of stuff to occupy my mind without going nuts.
I figure 98% of lemmy users live in big cities so id like to hear this perspective!
I live in a big old house from the 1800s with my fiance and a roommate and a dog, with a little yard but it’s tucked away from a lot of the hustle and bustle. My closest neighbor is about 100 feet away.
This is still in city limits. I can just as easily walk, bike, bus, drive wherever to go do fun things. But what you were describing of being occupied at home by hobbies and things to do still applies to me. I’ve been slowly renovating the house myself over the years. Just been working a lot of overtime lately so it’s a bit hard to find the time.
This is in Pittsburgh PA. Most of where people live is in similar situations of old 100+ year old multi-bedroom homes. There are some new “modern” or “luxury” apartments going in around town but if you live in one of those you’re literally just an idiot or an outsider to the area and think that $1.5k rent for a 1br is “cheap” (my whole mortgage is $860 split 3 ways for context)